Cahoots

(the | means a new measure and the / means the bass note on the current chord.)

|eb |c |eb |c |

Eb |g-/bb |
Who robbed the cradle, who robbed the grave
C |f- |
Who's the one that asked to be saved
Bb / / bo7 |c- db |ab /gb /gb /f |
No, wo-wo-wo no answer came
Eb |g-/bb |
I moved to the country that cried of shame
C |f- |
I left my home and found a name
Bb / / bo7 |c- db |ab /gb /gb /f |
No, wo-wo-wo nobody could explain

C-/g /c /eb /g |ab / /bb / ab |
Have mercy, cried the blacksmith
C-/g /c /eb /g |ab / /bb / ab |
How're you gonna replace human hands
C-/g /c /eb /g |ab / /bb / ab |
Found guilty, said the judge
C-/g /c /eb /g |ab |ab(7) ||eb |c |eb |c ||
For not being in demand

Verse:
Frozen fingers at the keyboard
Could this be the big reward
No, no answer came
Brought up everybody to see for themselves
They wouldn't believe it from no one else
No, nobody could explain

Chorus:
Dead tongue said the poet
To the daughter of burlesque
Cocteau, van gogh and geronimo
C-/g /c /eb /g |ab |ab(7) ||eb |c |eb |c ||
They used up what was left

|bb(7) |/ |/ |/ |bb(7) |/ |/ |/ / / bo7 |

Chorus:
Cry wolf, said the martyr
I don't believe i'm alive
You're the hero, said the mute
C-/g /c /eb /g |ab |ab(7) ||eb |c |eb |c ||
And you're bound to sur-vive

Outro: |f7 |bb7 |eb(7) |/ |/ |/ |/ to fade

Got my motor runnin'
Little girl, are you comin'
Keep your candle burning bright

Soon as you are ready
Hold that ladder steady
Come tread softly through the night

Don't leave me in the dark
Like a ghost rider in your yard
Carving names in bark along the boulevard

I'd be a bushwhacker
Even be your hijacker
Keep your candle burning bright

When we cross that railroad track
There'll be no turning back
Come tread softly through the night

Don't leave me sitting here
Up on top of your fence
I'm like an alley cat up here, without a lick of sense

Volcano--i'm about to blow
Volcano--gonna overflow
Volcano--look out below

Don't leave me empty-handed
Like a villain in the woods
Prowling around the grounds, trying to make off with the goods

Volcano--i'm about to blow
Volcano--gonna overflow
Volcano--look out below

Did you hear about the eagle of distinction
The one that came on every friday afternoon
Well, it seems that eagle has near flown into extinction
Descending to the sand
His biggest enemy being man
Have you ever seen the freedom on the wing

Where do we go from here? i asked my woman
Where do we go from here? oh woman, my woman
La la la la la la la la la, she said, nowhere

Did you hear about the railroad going under
How it seems its days are numbered on the board
Well, i feel sad about the railroad and it's no wonder
It'd run right by my door
I can't hear it anymore
How can you get to sleep when the whistle don't moan

Where do we go from here? is there no way of knowing
Where do we go from here? oh, i need to be shown
La la la la la la la la la, they said, somewhere

Have you heard about the buffalo on the plain
And how at one time they'd stampede a thousand strong
Now that buffalo's at the zoo standing in the rain
Just one more victim of fate
Like california state
You sure do miss the silence when it's gone

Where do we go from here? i hear from no one
Where do we go from here? could you tell me, someone
La la la la la la la la la, i'd go anywhere

(the | means a new measure and the / means the bass note on the current chord.)

[piano intro slow gospel thang]

Starts 3/4

Improv/no time
F |bb |f/c |d- |d- /d /e |
The ladies would put the baskets on the table
F |bb/c |d- |g- / f/a
And the men would sit beneath a shady tree
|bb |f/c |d- |d-/c |
The children would listen to a fable
Bb |a- |4/4 g7 |/ | meter
While something else came through to me
|f bb |f/c bb/d |f bb |f/c bb/d
The river got no end, just roll around the bend
|f bb |f/c bb |f |bb
Then pretty soon the women would all join in
|f |f
On the river hymn...

|c/g /e |/c / |f/a / |f/f / |
The whole congregation was standing on the banks of the river
C/g /e |/c / |f/a |c |f
We are gathered here to give a little thanks thanks

|3/4 bb |f/c |d- |d- /d /e |
The voice of the rapids will echo
F |bb/c |d- |g- / f/a |
And ricochet like an old water well
Bb |f/c |d- |d-/c |
Who d ever want to let go
Bb |a- |4/4 g7 |/ | meter
Once you sit beneath its spell
|f bb |f/c bb/d |f bb |f/c bb/d
It's dark and wide and deep, towards the sea it creeps
|f bb |f/c bb |f |bb
I'm so glad i brought along my mandolin
|f |f d |
To play the river hymn...

G |g c |
You can ride on it or drink it
F |/ / g g/b |
Poison it or dam it
C |/ / f f/a |
Fish in it and wash in it
Bb |c
Swim in it and you can die in it
|f |c |f ||
Run, you river, run

3/4 bb |f/c |d- |d- /d /e |
Son, you ain't never seen yourself
F |bb/c |d- |g- / f/a |
No crystal mirror can show it clear, come over here instead
Bb |f/c |d- |d-/c |
Son, you ain't never eased yourself
Bb |a- |4/4 g7 |/ | meter
Til you laid it down in a river bed
|f bb |f/c bb/d |f bb |f/c bb/d
If you hear a lonesome drone, it's as common as a stone
|f bb |f/c bb |f |bb
And gets louder as the day grows dim
|f |f
That's the river hymn...
|c/g /e |/c / |f/a / |f/f / |
The whole congregation was standing on the banks of the river
C/g /e |/c / |f/a |c ||f |f ||
We are gathered here to give a little thanks thanks

E
You can walk on the water, drown in the sand
You can fly off a mountaintop if anybody can
Run away, run away--it's the restless age
Look away, look away--you can turn the page
A a7 e
Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
Here on the street
F#m e/g# a b7sus e
I got six on each arm and two more round my feet
E a/e e a/e
Life is a carnival--believe it or not
E a/e e a/e
Life is a carnival--two bits a shot

Saw a man with the jinx in the third degree
From trying to deal with people--people you can't see
Take away, take away, this house of mirrors
Give away, give away, all the souvenirs
We're all in the same boat ready to float off the edge of the world
The flat old world
The street is a sideshow from the peddler to the corner girl
Life is a carnival--it's in the book
Life is a carnival--take another look

Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
Here on the street
I got six on each arm and two more round my feet
Life is a carnival--believe it or not

Baby don't you do it, don't do it
Don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart

A sacrifice would make you happy if nothing for myself
Now you wanna leave me for the love of someone else
My pride is all gone whether i'm right or wrong
I need you baby to keep on keepin' on

You know i'm trying to my best
Oh i'm trying to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart

My biggest mistake was loving you too much and letting you know
Now you got me where you want me and you won't let me go
If my heart was made of glass well then you'd surely see
How much heartache and misery, girl, you've been causing me

While i've been trying to do my best
Well i've tried to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart

Go down to the river and there i be
I'm gonna jump in girl, but you don't care bout me
Open up your eyes
Can't ya see i love ya?
Open up you heart, girl
Can't ya see i need ya?

Oh baby don't do it, do it, do it
Don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it don't you break my heart

My biggest mistake was loving you too much and letting you know
Now you got me where you want me and you won't let me go
If my heart was made of glass well then you'd surely see
How much heartache and misery, girl, you've been causing me

While i've been trying to do my best
You know i've tried to do my best
Don't do it, don't you break my heart
Pleeeeease don't do it, don't you break my heart

(the | means a new measure and the / means the bass note on the current chord.)

B sound, 4ths in cliche far east sound
B g# f# g# f# e c# e c#
F# d# c# d# c# b g# b g#
|_| |_| | |_| | | | |

B |
Trouble on the waterfront
B+ /d#
Evil in the air
|e / b+/d# b-/d
When the chinatown patrol came down
|c#7 / nc /b
To bring a little order there
|b
They came in undercover
|b+ /d#
To the laundry's back room
|e / b+/d# b-/d
And right there before their eyes
|c#7 / nc b |
Was a shanghai saloon

E fo7 |b/f# g#- |
Shoot out in chinatown
E fo7 |b/f# f# |
They lined them up against the wall
E fo7 |b/f# g#- |
They're gonna turn the place upside down
B/f# e |intro 2 ms.
Till you won't recognize it at all

Streets were wide open
Till the break of dawn
'twas frisco in its heyday
Imported from hong kong
For about five dollars
Or one thousand yen
You could gamble n ramble in a brothel
Or take it to the opium den

Shoot out in chinatown
They nailed up every door
They're gonna level it to the ground
And close it up for evermore

Confucius had once stated
All across the land
Below the surface, crime and love
They go hand in hand
The fire dragons burn
Buddha's lost his smile
But swears that we will meet again
In just a little while

1st chorus
B/f# e add2 |b5 under far east jam fade
Till you won't recognize it at all